HL Deb 10 July 2000 vol 615 cc5-6WA
The Earl of Listowel

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether their use of means testing to solve the problem of poverty will in the long run increase barriers between those subject to means testing and those not so subject. [HL3051]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

No. Income-related benefits and tax credits are an efficient way of getting help to those people who need it most.